Johnson Wins Huge Atlanta Welcome in Race Justice Push
President Johnson drew an estimated 500000 cheering crowds in an eight mile Atlanta motorcade. He stood on a car trunk to address the masses, urged rejection of extremists, and called for racial justice and a compassionate government as he prepared to speak in Gainesville about continuing the war on poverty and equal rights.
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Atlanta
Johnson
Deep South
Gainesville
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Georgia
South
NATO Urged To Aid US In Viet Nam War
United States officials push NATO members to boost support for South Vietnam with technical aid and direct economic help while urging political unity against Cuba. Secretary of State Rusk heads to The Hague for NATO talks as Undersecretary Ball critiques alliance vulnerabilities and calls for commitment.
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NATO
Viet Nam
Washington
Dean Rusk
Europe
NATO Ale
U.S
Cuba
Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hague
Brussels
George Ball
Charles de Gaulle
France
Atlantic Alliance
West
South Viet Nam
Britain
FBI Chief Hoover Remains In Firing Line At 69
Forty years and seven presidents into his career J Edgar Hoover heads the FBI in top shape. At 69 he shows no sign of retirement as Johnson weighs a waiver of the normal 70 year age limit. Hoover, a lifelong bachelor, lives in northwest Washington with one housekeeper and two cairn terriers G Boy and Tucker.
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Washington
Justice Department
Harlan Fiske Stone
Stone
John Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FBI
G-Boy
Tucker
Silva
Reno Casianos
Axachange
San Francisco
Caje
Stopp
Clara Stopp
Judy
Rapist Executed In Gas Chamber In Missouri
Ronald Lee Wolfe a homeless drifter since childhood was executed in Missouri's gas chamber for raping an 8 year old near Troy on Oct 18 1959 three days after release from Atlanta federal prison. He died after seven minutes under a warden described as a marginal case, with pickets protesting capital punishment outside.
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Jefferson City
Ronald Lee Wolfe
Missouri
Wolfe
Troy
Atlanta
E. V. Nash
New York
South Carolina
William E. Mackie
Columbia
Unitarian Social Action Committee
Tally's Toot We understand France will help in Southeast Asia
Fragmented text references France offering aid in Southeast Asia then a declined proposal after questioning entry route. Includes a weather section noting partly cloudy skies, southwest wind easing to west, and temperatures from today through Saturday. Provides past highs and lows, precipitation 0.17 inch, and hourly temps.
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Tally
Toot
France
Southeast Asia
Depot Opens On Sunday At Old Depot Museum
The Old Depot Museum of the Franklin County Historical Society opens its season at 2 p m Sunday with a centennial program. Prof Keith Shumway of Ottawa University speaks. Exhibits include an 1854 Kansas architecture piece from Prof Robert Asbury of K U. The depot may stay open weekdays 10 a m to noon and Sunday afternoons starting in June if interest remains high.
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The
Franklin County Historical Society
Keith Shumway
Ottawa University
Santa Fe
Kansas
Robert Asbury
K. U
City Park
Franklin
W. A. Penny
J. F. Heckeman
F. Bowers
H. C. Richardson
J. M, Kilgore
F. H. McCune
Glen Fitch
A, L. Lingard
Senate Ovation Stuns Truman on 80th Birthday
Former President Truman received a thunderous Senate welcome on his 80th birthday becoming the first ex-president to address the chamber under a rules change. He spoke briefly, saying he was overwhelmed, and predicted Johnson would fare as well as Roosevelt in 1963. He toured the streets briefly before returning to Blair House for a Capitol breakfast with colleagues.
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Washington
Harry
Truman
Senate
Sen
Claiborne Pell
D-R.l
Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Maine
Vermont
Alf Landon
Farragut Square
White House
Blair House
Capitol
Cary Grant Seeks Priceless Los Angeles Mural by First Graders
At Los Angeles International Airport actor Cary Grant and director Jean Negulesco noticed a 14 by 3 foot watercolor mural titled a trip to the Airport created by 28 second graders at Aldama Elementary School. The mural, prized by adults for its charm, was returned to the artists after teachers recognized Bonnie Halfacre’s class. If sold the funds would flow to new books for the school library, not to the young artists.
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Los Angeles
Cary Grant
Jean Negulesco
Grant
Negulesco
Los Angeles International
Aldama
Bonnie Halfacre
Larry Guitierrez
Carol Plumb
Pomona Level Nears Goal
Pomona Dam water level stands at 959.7 feet, 14.3 feet below the 974 foot conservation pool. The 110 Mile Creek base sits at 925 feet, making the pool 34.7 feet deep. Corps aims to hold 974 feet with capacity to reach 1001 feet to prevent downstream floods.
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Pomona Dam
Conservation Pool
110 Mile Creek
Corps of Engineers
Kansas liquor price control ruled unreasonable by judge
In Shawnee County, Judge Beryl Johnson ruled a 1961 Kansas liquor pricing law unreasonable and an illegal restraint on interstate commerce. The decision voids provisions forcing manufacturers to sell at U S prices and allows the state to appeal. Opponents say it raises prices. supporters claim it curbs cutthroat competition.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Beryl] Johnson
Shawnee County
William B. Kirkpatrick
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Office
Aquor
United States
Johnson
Control Board
Miss Ottawa Pageant Tickets Hit Near Capacity
Ticket sales for the Miss Ottawa pageant near capacity with over 800 sold for the Friday preliminary and more than 1000 for the Saturday finals at Memorial Auditorium, seating about 1300. Tickets prices are 125, 200, and 300 for Friday, Saturday, and combined passes with box office hours listed. The Miss America parade follows Saturday at 2:30 p.m. from Logan to Park Street with local dignitaries, parade features, and bands from Ottawa Princeton and Quenemo.
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Ottawa
Russel Crites
Memorial Auditorium
Crites
Crites Body Shop
Logan
Main Street
Park Street
Forbes
Plaintes
Emporia
Gav
Anderson
Princeton
Quenemo
Cocked Gun Draws FBI Into Plane Crash Investigation
A cocked and loaded 38 caliber revolver found among wreckage from Pacific Air Lines giant crash near Concord prompts FBI involvement. All 44 aboard perished. Investigators pore over fragments, garbled tape and bodies while search for clues from a radio transcript and tape records.
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Concord
Calif
Pacific Air Lines
FBI
Civil Aeronautics Board
San Francisco
George Lacau
Betty
Lady Teamster Dupes Pickets With Hairdo
Mrs. Clara J. Heilman a 57 year old mother of six drives a laundry truck after joining a Kansas City strike by Teamsters locals. Pickets escorted her with signs during deliveries, then disappeared. she later found a bundle delivered to a beauty shop and realized the pickets had been tricked.
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Kansas City
Clara J. Heilman
Heilman
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